We know the motivations of the suspect

The assault of the mayor of Villeneuve-de-Marc in Isère caused a shock wave far beyond the department. The sixty -year -old at the head of this commune of less than 1,200 inhabitants was stabbed several times with stabbing weapons in the street by a resident of the village, Wednesday, August 6, around 5 p.m.

Gilles Dussault, 63, was assaulted in front of his home with his 28 -year -old son also present on the scene. He “presents three wounds, including two in the thorax and a defensive wound” caused by a stabbing weapon.

The mayor soon heard by investigators

His vital prognosis is no longer engaged this Thursday. The mayor is better, by being hospitalized at the Édouard-Herriot hospital in Lyon, and “may be heard quickly by the investigators” according to the Vienna prosecutor’s office.

The investigation opened for ” attempted murder On a person depositary of the public authority ”advances and the prosecution gave new elements to explain the motivations of the aggressor.

A town planning conflict that causes the aggression

According to the first elements of the investigation, “a dispute had been the aggressor to the municipality for several months to Urban planning and work issues Carried out by it without authorization, ”says the prosecution.

“My friend Gilles Dussault was attacked when he wanted to see his attacker, who had contravened an unauthorized wall,” also said the Minister of Health and Access to Care and formerly deputy for 7^e district of Isère, Yannick Neuder, on TF1.

A research mandate launched

The alleged author of the assault is still on the run This Thursday. “The Vienna prosecutor’s office has launched a research mandate” and “all means of investigation are implemented” to arrest it, said in a press release the Vice Public Procureure, Véronique Stasio.

An investigation into “aggravated violence” against the mayor’s son, hospitalized in Vienna, was also opened.

With AFP

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